Center for Public Service Conferences

2007

Promoting Excellence in the
Nonprofit Sector

Panels included a roundtable of regional foundations, a study of
501(c)3 organizations in West Texas, service learning workshop.
The featured speaker was Dr. Alana Conner, Senior Editor of the Stanford Social
Innovation Review who gave a presentation entitled "Think Like a Saint,
Act Like a Scientist."

2006

Administrative Challenges to Economic Growth in West Texas

Six panels covered
topics such as rural development, transportation, workforce development,
bio and related technologies, and community leadership. Participants included representatives from the Lubbock Economic
Development Alliance, Wes-Tex Resource Conservation Development Area,
Ports-to-Plains Corridor Coalition, WorkSource Development of the South
Plains, South Plains Association of Governments, as well as local and
state elected officials and administrators.